Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO, on Monday successfully test fired indigenously designed and developed Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile – Nirbhay from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur Odisha.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''Defence Ministry said, it is the sixth development flight trial with the objective to prove the repeatability of boost phase, cruise phase using waypoint navigation at very low altitudes.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''Our correspondent reports, the missile took off vertically turning horizontally into the desired direction, booster separated, wing deployed, the engine started, cruised all the intended waypoints.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''The missile demonstrated its sea-skimming capability to cruise at very low altitudes.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry said, the entire flight was fully tracked by a chain of Electro-Optical Tracking Systems, Radars and Ground Telemetry Systems deployed all along the seacoast and all the mission objectives were met.</span><br />
News On AIR | April 15, 2019 6:13 PM
Sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' successfully test-fired